SCHOOL NEWS
Enlow contract extended 1 year; new admin. building approved
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie Independent School District Trustees offered Superintendent Blake Enlow a one-year extension on his contract following his evaluation during Monday night’s meeting.
The board also accepted a recommendation from the facilities committee to demolish the tornado-damaged administration building and construct a new one on school property at Nelson and Rock Streets.
Enlow has been superintendent since May 2019 after serving as principal at the elementary and high school. Trustees conducted their evaluation for almost an hour, before inviting Enlow in for discussion during the closed session. He was offered a one-year extension on his contract continuing its three-year term.
The school administration building located on Wichita Street received extensive damage during the May 2020 tornado. The staff moved out and relocated to space at the intermediate school.
Last month, Enlow asked the board to name a facilities committee to assist with developing a recommendation. The board had discussed demolishing the building and selling the land, along with building at a new location.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.
Each class entertained with a song.
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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